Commercial robot incidents, December 2023
2 commercial robot incidents dated December 2023, up 100% on the month before, 0 with a person hurt and 0 fatal. 0 cases were added to the register during the month. Most involved Waymo (1). Largest class: autonomous vehicles (1).
Incidents are counted by the date they happened, 2023-12-01 to 2023-12-31. Counts measure what was reported in the press the register reads and cleared verification; fleet sizes are not public, so nothing here is a rate. The register holds 255 cases in all. Rules on the methodology page. Previous month: November 2023. Quarterly view: the quarterly record.
By kind of machine
- Autonomous vehicles1
- Consumer robots1
By company
- Waymo1
By outcome
- property damage2
The cases that reached furthest
Ordered by severity, then by how many independent sources the case rests on.
- 2023-12-22Robotic vacuum cleaner: Mini vacuum sweeperRecall
- 2023-12-11Two unoccupied Waymo robotaxis separately collided with the same improperly towed pickup truck in Phoenix, Arizona on December 11, 2023, resulting in minor damage and no injuries, prompting Waymo's first-ever software recall.Report
All 2 incidents dated December 2023
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on. Case metadata is CC BY 4.0; cite the register by its DOI, 10.5281/zenodo.22925531.
- 2023-12-22Robotic vacuum cleaner: Mini vacuum sweeperRecall
- 2023-12-11Two unoccupied Waymo robotaxis separately collided with the same improperly towed pickup truck in Phoenix, Arizona on December 11, 2023, resulting in minor damage and no injuries, prompting Waymo's first-ever software recall.Report
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